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Definition of gimcrack in English: gimcrackadjective ˈdʒɪmkrakˈdʒɪmˌkræk Showy but cheap or badly made. plastic gimcrack cookware Example sentencesExamples - And both, more sadly, suffered from slightly gimcrack build quality.
- Most traditional buildings have vanished, to be replaced by gimcrack shoddiness in white tile and blue glass.
- At a time when most automakers are shoehorning every new gimcrack gadget they can into their concept cars, leave it to the stolid Swedes at Volvo to get back to basics.
- Gimmicks and panacea - like glittery gimcrack lures for fishermen - are widely available and equally useless.
Synonyms shoddy, jerry-built, badly built, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, ramshackle, thrown together, makeshift, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, rubbishy, kitschy, trashy, crude, tinny informal tacky, tatty, junky British informal ropy, duff, rubbish, grotty
noun ˈdʒɪmkrakˈdʒɪmˌkræk A cheap and showy ornament; a knick-knack. Example sentencesExamples - He was driving some sissy little Japanese car with odd little tires and wheels and a bunch of ugly gewgaws and gimcracks bolted on.
- A ‘Whatsit,’ as you probably know, is defined as a gadget, tool, gimcrack, or gimmick whose purpose is not immediately apparent (to the uninitiated).
- As soon as they arrive, Amelia excitedly shows Rebecca ‘over every room of the house, and everything in every one of her drawers; and her books, and her piano, and her dresses, and all her necklaces, brooches, laces, and gimcracks '.
- The walls were hung with utensils for field and kitchen, and the shelves were stocked with old-fashioned hand tools and cooking gimcracks.
- There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
Synonyms ornament, novelty, gewgaw, piece of bric-a-brac, bibelot, trinket, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, bagatelle, curio, curiosity, plaything, toy
Origin Middle English gibecrake, of unknown origin. Originally a noun, the term denoted some kind of inlaid work in wood, later a fanciful notion or mechanical contrivance, hence a knick-knack. Definition of gimcrack in US English: gimcrackadjectiveˈjimˌkrakˈdʒɪmˌkræk Flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive. plastic gimcrack cookware Example sentencesExamples - Most traditional buildings have vanished, to be replaced by gimcrack shoddiness in white tile and blue glass.
- And both, more sadly, suffered from slightly gimcrack build quality.
- Gimmicks and panacea - like glittery gimcrack lures for fishermen - are widely available and equally useless.
- At a time when most automakers are shoehorning every new gimcrack gadget they can into their concept cars, leave it to the stolid Swedes at Volvo to get back to basics.
Synonyms shoddy, jerry-built, badly built, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, ramshackle, thrown together, makeshift, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, rubbishy, kitschy, trashy, crude, tinny
nounˈjimˌkrakˈdʒɪmˌkræk A cheap and showy ornament; a knickknack. Example sentencesExamples - A ‘Whatsit,’ as you probably know, is defined as a gadget, tool, gimcrack, or gimmick whose purpose is not immediately apparent (to the uninitiated).
- There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
- He was driving some sissy little Japanese car with odd little tires and wheels and a bunch of ugly gewgaws and gimcracks bolted on.
- As soon as they arrive, Amelia excitedly shows Rebecca ‘over every room of the house, and everything in every one of her drawers; and her books, and her piano, and her dresses, and all her necklaces, brooches, laces, and gimcracks '.
- The walls were hung with utensils for field and kitchen, and the shelves were stocked with old-fashioned hand tools and cooking gimcracks.
Synonyms ornament, novelty, gewgaw, piece of bric-a-brac, bibelot, trinket, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, bagatelle, curio, curiosity, plaything, toy
Origin Middle English gibecrake, of unknown origin. Originally a noun, the term denoted some kind of inlaid work in wood, later a fanciful notion or mechanical contrivance, hence a knickknack. |